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Global Live IP Broadcast Equipment Market to Reach USD 3.72B by 2032, Growing at 16% CAGR

Global Live IP Broadcast Equipment market was valued at USD 1.34 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow from USD 1.56 billion in 2025 to USD 3.72 billion by 2032, registering a CAGR of 16.0% during the forecast period.

Esports World Cup 2025: Inside EFG’s Hybrid Production

The Olympics of the esports universe are heading into the final stretch. Concluding on Aug. 24 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Esports World Cup, which began July 8, has featured competitions around two dozen gaming titles and a total prize totaling more than $70 million. To produce the eight-week event, ESL FACEIT Group (EFG), Official Operating Partner of EWC, deployed a hybrid model combining baseband workflows with ST 2110 architecture.

A Texas Transformation: University of Texas at Austin Goes IP, Connects Its Athletics Campus with ST 2110

When it comes to big business college athletics, it doesn’t get more mammoth than at the University of Texas at Austin. Among the many facility upgrades that the Longhorns have made over the past handful of years, the department has also made the critical switch to IP for its video production workflows.

IBC2025’s ‘IP Showcase on the Water’ Sets Its Course for Sept. 14

The one-day Sept. 14 event will be held on canal cruise boats launched from Strandzuid, near the convention center. Complimentary registration is now open to reserve a seat for any of the six one-hour cruises. Each cruise will accommodate up to 35 attendees and feature two 20-minute sessions from industry experts, for a total of 12 presentations.

2025 SVG Venues & Teams Summit Delves Into the Future of Game-Day Production Tech at Intuit Dome

The 2025 SVG Venues & Teams Summit delivered a day packed with innovation, insight, and inspiration — from the cutting-edge confines of the Intuit Dome, the new home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. With its SMPTE ST 2110–based control room, revolutionary double-sided halo board, and immersive fan-focused design, the Dome was an appropriate setting for a deep dive into the technologies shaping the future of live event production and in-venue storytelling that drew more than 250 video-production professionals.

DAZN Rolls Out ST 2110 Global Master Control Room For FIFA Club World Cup 2025

With global rights to the tournament and with growing demand for the group’s other sports content around the world, DAZN required an infrastructure capable of supporting the complexity and pace of some of the world’s most high profile and dynamic sporting events. Working with Techex, DAZN built a new SMPTE ST 2110-based global master control room (MCR) in Leeds, UK.

Fuelling a new era in sports broadcasting

With more than 150 OB vehicles supporting sports, entertainment, news and other major productions and events in the Americas, Europe and Australia, NEP boasts the largest OB fleet in the industry. This February, the group unveiled its first large-scale OB vehicle in the Middle East. The ME-01 OB truck made its debut at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov, the first UFC event ever held in Saudi Arabia.

AIMS to host in-depth IPMX training sessions at 2025 NAB Show

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) invites attendees of the 2025 NAB Show to join “IPMX Training: The Essentials,” an exclusive, in-depth training session focused on IPMX, the emerging open standard for AV-over-IP based on SMPTE ST 2110 and AMWA NMOS. Taking place on Tuesday, April 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall, Room W317, this free-to-attend session will deliver practical, real-world knowledge for anyone working with media-over-IP technology

ESPN and Game Creek Video’s New ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Mobile Unit Is Capable of Native UHD HDR at Super Bowl Scale

Super Bowl LXI may still be two years away, but ESPN is already ringing in its first Super Bowl season with a new state-of-the-art mobile unit from Game Creek Video. Dubbed Flagship, the three-truck SMPTE ST 2110 facility was designed specifically to produce a Super Bowl–level show in UHD HDR and will serve as home to ESPN’s NBA A-game and Monday Night Football shows prior to Super Bowl LXI on ABC/ESPN in February 2027.

Seamless SMPTE 2110: A Discussion on Making the Move to IP Less Painful

In this exclusive panel discussion, video engineers and producers discuss the topics relevant to those who are looking to transition to or optimize their current systems using SMPTE 2110 standards.

NAB 2017: Before The Show

April 22, 2017, NAB 2017 Las Vegas Convention Center - Las Vegas, NV - Things are beginning to shape up to be one of the most exciting NAB’s to date, lots and lots Video over IP! Nextera was there bright and early Saturday morning to set up, this year we are at FIVE...

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NAB 2017 Invitation

April 10, 2017 - El Dorado Hills, CA - Let's chat! Nextera will be in attendance at the NAB 2017, April 22nd - 27th, 2017 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and would be more than happy to discuss some of our impressive video solutions. You're invited to stop by and...

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Sony Utilizes Juniper Networks’ Open Technology for IP-Based Production Platform

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), an industry leader in automated, scalable and secure networks, has collaborated with Sony Professional Solutions Europe to deliver its switching technology to support Sony's IP Live production solution. This enables broadcasters to capture and distribute live coverage of major sporting, cultural and political events globally. By leveraging Internet Protocol (IP) networks, IP Live is designed to solve the challenge of transporting massive volumes of rich-content data in real-time between outside broadcast locations and production studios in a cost-effective and reliable manner. Juniper's open, interoperable technology aligns with Sony's requirement to tailor open solutions to the exact needs of each customer.
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BBC Studioworks future-proofs Television Centre with investment in Sony 4K over IP

Sony’s technology was selected not only for the all-in-one solutions package it offers, but for its open standards approach. Acting as an enabler for 4K technology, Sony’s IP solution works harmoniously with the infrastructure within the Television Centre studios, avoiding any disruption to the company’s established workflows and opening up a path to HDR. Using Sony’s IP Live Production System, Studioworks is empowered to broadcast quality 4K and HD video, audio synchronisation signals and control data in real time over standard IP and network infrastructures.
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“RTL’s New Luxembourg Headquarters is an IP Broadcast Game Changer!”

In a time of uncertainty among many parts of the broadcast industry, Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE), part of the RTL Group, has built one of the most impressive broadcast centers to come along in a decade. The new 36,000 square meter IP-based facility supports 24/7 broadcasting for a number of channels, including RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, Chamber TV (Luxembourg), RTL TVI, Club RTL, Plug TV (Belgium), RTL4, RTL5, RTL7, RTL8, RTL Z (Netherlands), RTL9 and AB Groupe movie channels and Altice Group channels (France).
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“Qvest Media and tpc Switzerland ag Are Planning the First All-IP SMPTE 2110 Broadcast Infrastructure for the New Sports, News and Technology Centre in Zurich”

Qvest Media, one of the world’s leading systems architects for broadcast and media technology, has received a major contract from Switzerland. In close cooperation with the production service provider tpc switzerland ag, Qvest Media is planning the media technology infrastructure of the new sports, news and technology centre in Zurich. Amongst others, the level of development of the broadcast IP standard SMPTE 2110 at this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas will be particularly important for the planning of this project.
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The Internet Protocol: Making the Connection for Live Production

According to many companies at this past year's IBC show in Amsterdam, 2016 was the year of IP production. Those of you who have been using IP connections (or Ethernet networks) for editing and post-production for at least a decade might wonder what the fuss is about, but moving a few files around between computers is not the same as handling a live sporting event over a network.
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SMPTE 2016 Broadcast Beat Interview

Broadcast Beat's Interview with Jed Deame on Nextera Video's New Studio Video Over IP NMI Core November 11, 2016 - El Dorado Hills, CA - A quick recap from Broadcast Beat of our Live 4K Studio Video Over IP Working Today Demo at the 2016 SMPTE Technical Conference....

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IBC 2016 Press Release

Nextera Video's New NMI FPGA Core Enables Studio Video Over IP Today September 6, 2016 - El Dorado Hills, CA - Nextera Video is now shipping their new Video over IP NMI FPGA Encoder core, developed in full compliance with Sony’s specifications for the IP Live...

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Imagine Communications Contributes Technology to Sony’s IP Live Studio

Imagine Communications, empowering the media and entertainment industry through transformative innovation, demonstrated its support for furthering the advancement of IP-based production environments through its recent participation in the launch of a dedicated IP Live Studio by Sony at its Digital Motion Picture Centre Europe (DMPCE) at Pinewood Film Studios near London. Imagine Communications is supplying several IP-based solutions to the testing and training facility opened by Sony last week to provide broadcasters and production companies with the opportunity to gain hands-on familiarity with IP-based live production
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Interoperability for IP Live Production : Ready Today, Open for Tomorrow with Sony

With IP Live Production becoming a reality, most are still wondering about the multiple aspects to consider in order to achive interoperability within manufacturers. Not only Sony has the most complete and ready solution with the Network Media Interface today (see chart below, courtesy of partner Nextera Video), Sony goes the extra mile for tomorrow by comitting openess and interoperability with others solutions.
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Enabling Interop Between AIMS, ASPEN, NewTek NDI and Sony NMI: Questions Answered

ASPEN and Sony Networked Media Interface (NMI) continue to be developed, promoted and gain partner backers, as does AIMS, a marketing body which supports standards – some of which are only draft. While there are crossovers between AIMS, Sony NMI and ASPEN which should mean a base level of interoperability, NewTek has taken a fundamentally different tack with its NDI Networked Device Interface. The Broadcast Bridge assesses the impact of the recent moves to interoperate and asks how prospective customers can best marry best of breed kit from one manufacturer that supports AIMS with kit from a vendor supporting another protocol? Is there a way for the protocols to be bridged?
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Arena Television Launches 4K UHD Trucks with All-IP Infrastructure

Arena Television is one of the UK’s leading outside broadcast service providers, supporting a prestigious range of sports and events clients with a fleet of more than 20 fully equipped OB trucks plus the associated services of Arena Aviation. The family-owned company, in business since 1989, is making the move to 4K UHD and embracing developments in IP-based video production with its three new trucks that will be rolling out over the next year. To realize this vision, Arena turned to Grass Valley, a Belden Brand.
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TV Globo updates on ‘4K over IP’ truck progress ahead of Rio Olympics

At IBC 2015 Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo announced it would outfit the first 4K over IP mobile facility. Timed to be ready for the Rio Olympics, the truck is still on track and will be equipped with a Sony F65 and HDC-4300s. José Manuel Fernandez Mariño, director at TV Globo, says the investment is intended to futureproof the fleet “with the latest and best 4K technology and IP inter-connectivity”. In recent days, he has provided SVG Europe with a comprehensive update on the progress of the truck build.
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